I have a soft spot in my heart for VWs, my dad bought one in 64, it was the only car I got to drive when I turned 16 that year. I had a girl friend at the time, even married her a few years later, a young couple could get into all kinds of meanness in a VW, fond memories.
When I got out of the Army in 69 my first new car was a stripped down VW, it didn't even have a radio and cost $1900.It was a good car until I started using it like a jeep and took into one too many mud holes, the engine locked up.